Their main protagonists experience confrontation with themselves which finally leads to death.

I decided to focus on two plays published in the 1940s and 1950s: All My Sons (1947) and The Crucible (1953). They are people who try to escape the consequences of their actions, who try to declare their innocence even when that involves implying the guilt of others.” This truly applies for the plays and characters I will observe in the following. Bigsby mentions what all of the characters concerning innocence and guilt have in common: “… spend much of their time rebutting charges whose justice they acknowledge even as they are rejected. He states: “Society is inside man and man is inside society, the water is in the fish, the fish is in the water.” Miller’s main protagonists always try to defend themselves against an accusation, to deny their responsibility and guilt, and to believe in their innocence. According to Miller, there is a really strong mutual relationship between the individual and society. Furthermore, I want to demonstrate how personal, individual guilt and responsibility not only become a matter for the individual but also have an important impact on the community and the society.

The purpose of this term paper is to examine how the characters in Arthur Miller’s plays are confronted with guilt and responsibility and how they deal with it. Joe, Kate, Chris, and Larry Keller in All My Sons

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